Before Oz
Subtitle: juvenile fantasy stories from nineteenth-century America
By: edited by Mark I. West.
Contributors: West, Mark I.
Publisher: Archon Books
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Hamden, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Fantasy fiction, American.; Children's stories, American.; American fiction -- 19th century.; Fantasy.; Short stories.
Description: A collection of twenty fantasy stories written for children in the nineteenth century, arranged in the categories "Fairy Tales," "Didactic Stories," "Magical Objects," and "Nonsense Stories." Includes a scholarly introduction providing an overview of the field.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-229).